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The** Bpring* trc now In IWI Wmt. An owr-
oompiny, a bevy of Georgia* ftlre*t dangh.
tarn, looking, draming and acting their very “giw-
Umi," beaux in abundance with nothing on earth
to do, but to make theimelve* agreeable to the la,
dice, with an occasional oye to individual comfort
—with music, dancing, riding, dining, and bathing,
(auch bathing!) a good table and the bust fare
these mountains Can afford, attentive, intolligont
and amlahie hearts—a mountain coantry affording
cool breezes and pure air with which you may in
hale health and vigor—with bath* gushing from
the apar of a mountain airoudy honied to a temper-
AtUro an nxnctly adapted to that of the human body,
that art is dolled and naiuro has almost outdone
herself- No cryslul is olosrer, no amber more
pure than this water. Sediment therois none in it,
if a man could broatho and keep his beaver dry,
he might lie under water and road the last Maga
zine, Ao transparent is it- But bosides all these
recommendations oft his charming retreat, you taro
tompted to ride by fairest roads, and by scenery
which though not grand i* picturesque and pleasing,
(s not this puffery 1 tho reader will say; do far
from it. 1 have nerver hoard a person who haa been
here, who did not discourse of the Warm Springs
even more extravagantly than I have done. The
world does net afford such a bath. Certainly I
have nevor even read of such another. Imagine
water such as I have deterib id flowing, fresh and
f are from an everlasting fountain in a volume uf
300 gallon* a minuto,temperature neurlyOO laren.
bait, and whan yuu rise from it, standing upeu tie
body in globules, like sparkling brilliants.
I suppose the cumpany now en the hill, will reach
200 persons. The parlors at the Hotel arc light
ed anti thrown open for tho reception of the cum.
pany every evening, but three ovenings i« the
week are eluted dancing nights, Monduys, Wed
nesdays mid Fridays.
Tnnrn arn nnnnle horn firxm «" 1i'*'t*“ *■*““*'
every part of Georgia is represenleO—Augusta,
Savannah, Macon, and Columbus principally.—
Alabama mid South Carolina have also represen
tatives. [ am satisfied, that this is destined to be
'the great watering place of (suorgia, sad that, just
us soon us its udvamagos are known. I used to
think, the seashore and salt breeze were the only
things to make n freemans life in the South, toleru.
bio-; bul l am converted by this mountain air, and
natural built.
Mason and Dixon’s Line.—To answer inqui.
Ties which have been mudo of us by letter from a
'friend, and to save the trouble of inquiry to others,
'Concerning the origin and precise import of this
'term, so iifien used in public discussions to dosig-
■uate the line of division between the States in which
are still held nnd those in which they are nut, tve
•insert tho following, which we suppose to givo a
corroct account of tho matter :—Nat. 1*1.
“Mason and Dixon’s Line.—This boundary is
-so termed from the namo of Charles Mason and
•Jeremiah Dixon, the gentlemen appointed to run
'unfinished-hues 1761, between Ponnsylvattia and
Maryland, on the territories subject to tile heirs
-of.Penn and Lord B illitnore. A temporary line
had been run in 1739, but had .not given satisfac
tion tu the disputing parties although it resulted
.from an agreement, in 1739, botween themselves.
A decree had been made in 1619, by Ring James
delineating the boundaries between the lands given
by charter to the first Lord Baltimore, and those
adjuged to his Mujesiy, (and afterwards to William
-Penn,) which dividod the tract of land between
Delaware Bay and the Eastern on one side, and
tile Chesapoako Buy on the other, by a line equally
intersecting it, drawn front Cape Hon lopen to the
Ath degree of north latitude. A decree in chancery
Tendered tiie King’s decree imperative. But the
-aituation of ilunlopen became long a subject of seri
ous, protracted, and expensive litigation, parlicu-
dorly after site death of Penn, in 1718, and
of Lord Baltimore, in 1714, till John and
Richard and Tltuma* Penn,(who had become the
aole proprietors of tho American precisions of
theirfetber William,) and Ceetlus Lord Baltimore,
grandson of Charles, und great-grandson of Cect-
lius, the or ginal patentee, into an agroement n
chart was appended which ascertained the cite of
•Cnpe Henlopen, and delineated a division by an
east and west line running westward from that
Cape to tho exact middle of the peninsula. Lord
Baltimoro become dissatisfied with this agreement,
and he endeavored to invalidate it.—Chancery
•suits,.kingly decrees, and proprietory arrangements
■followed, which eventually produced the uppoiot-
ment of commissioners lu run the temporary line.
'This was effected in 1739. But the cause io
.chancery being decided in 1759, new commission-
■ ers were appointed, who could not however,agree,
•and tho question remained open till 1761, when the
rline was run by Messrs. Mason and Dixon;”,
Domestic Manofactuhes.—The extent of our
•domestic manufactures can hnrdly be conceived hy
.those nut conversant with oitrcoimnoneiul Iransuc-
tliona, and the operations of trade in thaao great
Tnarli of business, which concentrate -the groat at
Tories of the country. Connecticut lias been snadu
-the sport of all the civilized globe, at tiie land of
woodeti-clueks, .wooden-nutmegs, dec., till she ban
lived down all burlesque and slanders of her revit-
ers, and still site is going ou in the course of im
provement, and astonishing not only our own coun
try, but tiie world at large, with the effects of Iter
.genius, and the success uf Iter enterprises, lit ad
dition to tho wooden-clocks, wooden-spoons, wood-
on.nutmegs,dec., wo are now manufacturing saood.
.eii-combs—and tilts is no new thing either, but wo
-mention it to relate the fact that anew manufacturer
of litis latter article, informed us a few days since,
that itis business was not only prosperous, but lie
-had orders uuw-ou liatid for one hundredthousand
groce—(on mistake 166,009 groce)— of these
combs, of various descriptions, and was receiving
additional orders every day. He is in favor of llte
tariff and Henry Clay, tbougli be said rite English
men could nut beat hint at fair play any how unless
.he lournt them the trade.—New Haven Herald.
PitnsFBCTs in Tennessee.—We have so often
expressed our disapprobation uf betting unclections
that wo sltuuld deem it unnecessary to repeat our
opiniun, were k net by way ef apology to some
Whig friends who requested us yesterday to an
nounce that the sumo old sum of “THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS” on Tennessee had
not yet been called for, and rather that) leave llte
money uninvested till after the adjournment of the
Democratic Convention, it is offered against fifteen
hundred dollars on the general result.
We objected to making this announcement upon
conaejeotious scruples, though we presume, from
the high spirits of our opponents to day, the party
offering tho bet will be sought out without procla
mation.—fiashvilte Whig.
Dlsuyihlt—-The Richmond Enquirer having af
fected to treat lightly llte roccut disunion move
ments in South Carolina, the Charleston Courier
•ays in reply—
‘•We loll tlto Enquirer that tho apirit and cry of
■“ disunion here aro no ‘bubble,’ or’bugaboo’ either;
but that Mr. Rhrtt end his Bluffron boys and oth-
or constituents are openly seeking to dissolve the
Union, unless their mud pretensions arn yielded
to by tins cowed spirit nf tiie rest of tho Union.”
iMrgovKMENT IN Clocks.—A new rtrinciple in
cluekinakitig, wo hove seen announced, whereby
clocks ere made to run for a yeur or more without
winding up. They are represented as simple in
A'Oiukructimi, easily adjusted and regulated, and
may be fitted up in any style required. For banks,
churches, and other public building*, they will be
.very desirable. One that will run Tor years with
out winding up, it is said, is about to be presented
to the next Presidonl, «o lltal lie may bo reminded
thattlio limo for it* being wound up, Is also Ihe pe-
fioJ fur the winding up of Iti* arduou* duties.
Albany Advertiser.
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TO M. ABSALOM JAN1M,
Merchant, Penfield.
Tho Democratic party,in a convention at Eaton-
ton, have nominated you at a suitable person to
represent tho 7lh Congressional dia'.rict in the Con-
gresa uf the Unitad Slates. In your letter accept
ing that nomination, you promise to give us your
prinetfles , on account of which you claim our suf
frages—you have published an address, which i»
now before me, and after carefully examining eve
ry sentence ( do not And out* solitary principle,
which you sot forth, as auppat .mg. You aay you
aro against a Ban'*—again\i ;hc tariff law of 1842
—against the dialribulio.i of the public lands among
the States—against t.ite limitation oftlie veto pow
er—in fuel against every tiling thu Wliigs support,
but you dt) not tell us even one principle which you
support. Now, however much we may dislike tiie
doctrines of the Whig parly, yet belbro wu cun
support you, we ought to know wltul doctrines you
t'jtond to carry out. We may find to our sorrow
that yours aru infinitely more ruinous, Ilian any we
have before beard of—we may be ‘jumping out of
thu frying pan into llte fire”—and to know where
wo ntay laud before we leap, we ought to know
your principles and policy- 1 recollect of no cundi'
date who over before asked office ut the builds of
the people, who would nut tell them what Itis prin
ciple* were. Perhaps we have otto case on record;
it is that of the elder Adams, who was elected
over Mr. Jefferson—professing a great deal, but
relying on no principles. 'Fite people confided in
him—tried him, and with tiie corse of the Alien
and Sedition laws upon the country, he left it to re
pent ever having chosen an officer who had no
principles. Now, sir, why is it, that you will not
tell us your principles 1 wltul do you support 7 why
withhold this from us? Are we, whose votes you
want, so faithless that you cannot trust us 1 If
you cannot trust us, ought wo to trust you 7 certuin-
ly ual. VVltsi trioU ,r« you ufloi-7 ,vbat udvun*
tage are you seeking to take of us 7 Come out.
nod let us know yonr principles. You say you are
opposed to n Bank ! But what aro you in favor
of 7 Do you support the Sub-Treasury 7 that grind
ing system which is to bring every tiling down to
a specie value—dry up credit and throw us iti llte
power of large money-holders 7 Money is scarce
enough note, end if the sub-treasury is to be put up-
on us, with the price of properly reduced otic half,
and that of cotton as much, it is not worth while
fertile laboring men nnd those in debt to struggle
on any farther; we might ns well give up at once.
Now if you are against this measure, why nut tell
us so 7 If you are fur it, why not ho honest, and
speak it out 7 But, sir, we must know you are for
it, but are afraid to say so, and hence keep silent.
Is litis honest ? No, air—you must feel and know it
not to be so. You say you are nguirisl tiie act uf
1842—but what sort of a tariff are you in favor
of? A dash of the pen can change it, nod then
you may support it. Why not tell us wltul yuu are
in fnvorof? On what principle do you base the
measure 7 In levying yourduties, wo have a right to
know, since you discriminate in favor, or against
the labor of our own people as a matter of necessi
ty, whether you intend to discriminate for, or against
our own people? We have a right to expect and
demand of you an unequivocal answer on this sub
ject. We wish to know whether you support a
horizontal tariff on all articles—or what sort ofatt
one you do support. Cotno out and tell us, and no
longer attempt to deceive us.
You have recently connected yourself with the
high protective tariff party of the Union. The
men whom you denounced in 1832, for their tariff
principles, you now support. The party which
passed the protective tariff of 1810 and 1824—
which pusaed the act of 1828—when no necessity
for revenue existed—when thero was ait annual sut-
plusofff 10,000,600 in the Tteasury—which refused
to reduce duties in 1832, to n revenue standard, bu:
made us pay 85,000,000 unnually as a contribution
to Northern manufactures; llte parly which declared
in the Georgia Legislature that the abuininuble tariff
of 1828 was constitution'll—you have abutidoued
your old parly to join. They have coaxed you ofT
from tho fold, and with tho hope that you might
coux others, have put the big bell upon you. But,
sir, you cannot deceive us in this way. You have
changed your principles, and left your parly, and
we must know what nctc principles you now enter,
tain, before we can lend you a hand-
You ouce supported a party, which was opposed
to a system of Internal Improvements by the Fed
eral Government;—you have now quit that, and
joined one, which has bowed us to the earth by
heavy taxes, lu protect domestic manufactures, and
then to absorb tiie mutual surplus have squandered
it upon such mild schemes. Can we trust you in
this matter 7 Just luok hutv your nctv purty have
squandered our money in this system !—
Mr. Madison in 8 years expended only $376,000
Mr, Monroe in 8 years “ “ 1,611,000
Mr, Adams in 4 years “ “ 2,808,000
And these appropriations wore made by a DEM
OCRATIC Congress—
Gun. Jackson in 8 years expended $11,319,000
f Mr. Van Buren in 2 years “ 2,652.000
The Whigs in 2 1 2years “ 430,000
And your new party in llte last Congress uppropri
aled tof cue year 81,200,00. Now Mr. Janes, can
you ask us, old Republicans, who Itavo followed
Cobb and Crawford, to trust you in such company
when you wont toll us what your principles are?
You -have united yourself with u party which, since
the payaoent of tile Revolutionary debt, itave rub-
bed the Stales of llte proceeds of tiie public lands, and
squandered lirem in roads and cunuls, so that we of
llte South have derived no benefit from them.
And now your party ere struggling, one portion to
give the lands 4o actual settlers at the cost of sur
vey, tod the other to give them to the Stales in
which they lie- The la.nds belong to all the States,
and it is so declared iu tho deefls of cession, lour
parly seek to colt one half of tho States of titeir
share, ootl give all tho iuuJs to the new States.
This is your party policy, anu' not wishing to differ
from them, uliyou have told us, is, that you oppose
the distribution of their proceeds among all tiie
States, anti you keep silent, as Uf "hat you are in
favor of. Now llte lands belong to all the States—
and we want our share of them; we want them, to
relieve our people from taxation, to build up schools
and educate our people. Besides if they were in
llte Treasury, (hey would not serve to reduce llte
tariff;—your party received annually from six to
twenty-five millions of dollars from them, tu'd nev
er reduced the tariff a cent.
You havo told us nothing that you support, ex
cept Polk and Dallas and Texas. Mr. Dallas sup.
ported the Bank, distribution of tho proceeds of the
public lands—supported tho tariff of 1828, arid op
posed the comproiniso of 1833—and you support
him, though you will not tell us what principles you
support. In the support of Mr. Polk you carry out
in yuur party the deceitful gnme you aro playing
as to yourself. At the Nortlt lie is represonted by
you us a protective tariff man, und at the South you
run him, aa a free trade mao. We cannot get Itis
sentiment* definitely—but 1 will give you extracts
from Democratic papers, that tiie people whose
votes you are asking may see with what liypncri
•y and double face*you and your parly are dealing
toward* llte people, and seeking lo deceive them.
Here is the testimony of Gen. Jones that ho is a
free trade man—
Nashville, July 25,1814.
Charles Gibbons, Esq.—Dear *Sif:—By the mail 1 en
close you two publications of Col. Folk’s (luring (lie last
gummar’s canvas* on ths subject of the Tsrilf, etc. From
these publications you will perceive that the Colonel is dead
net against Protection, end particularly opposed lo the distri-
button of the proceed* of the Public Lands; bees use he eaye,
it is a Tariff measure. It sounds strangely to us who hare
to Accustomed to beer Col. Polk, to hear it stated that he
la a Tariff mao, or io favor of Protectioa. I hare met him on
more than on* hundred and fifty field*, end I never baard
him make a speech in my cenrassra with him, (list hedul not
denounce the ptinciple of Protection# Indeed, this wae (be
main ground on which he and bis friends relied In defeat ine.
I wae /hr Protection ;-to againU it. ! hr Distribution
be 0 fa inti it.
Mr. Polk, in 1844. on the suMact of pro-
taction, auys, ‘•I am in favor oft tariff for reveuuo,
such an one as will yield a sufficient amount to the
treasuty to defray the txpenacs of the Government
economically administered. Ia adjusting the do
tail* of the revenue tariff, l have heretofore sane,
lionud such moderate discriminating duties, a*
would produce the ainoant of revenue needed, and
at the mine time afford REASONABLE INCI
DENTAL PROTECTION TO OUR HOME IN.
DUSTRY.” Now when litis contradictory evi
dence is presented lo tiie public. The Dauvillo
Repub icon, a Democratic papor speaks (lies :
'•True to Instirct Not ono Whig p.per It.** wo aeon
which dor. Gnv. I'olk the ju.tle. lo correct their miirepre-
<e illation of his views in relation (o a Tori A’.
“Will they havn the honesty to proclaim that he is in
lavor nf just such a tariffs* Mr. Clay t Such ia ths fucL”
Will you. or your party proclaim this to llte peo
ple of Georgia T
Oilier democratic papers have come out—
Tho Harrisburg Democratic Union, a paper per
haps of the greatest influence with the Democrats
of Pennsylvania, say*:
“We happen lo know, and state upon the authority of a
Tennessean, with whom we conversed at Baltimore, a near
neighbor of Col. Polk->fAa< he holds tub doctrine ok thee
TRADE IN UNQUALIFIED ABHORRKNCIC. lift never udvoCfrtftrf
it, ami never will. He is in favoi of a judicious revenue tariff*
u (fording the amplest incidental protection to American
industry. He ia the especial friend and advocate oftlie coal
anti iron interests, those two great objects of solicitude with
Pennsylvanians, and believing permanence in our laws to he
of incalculable value, is opposed to the disturbance or
the KXtrriNO tariff. These facts we state on the very host
authority, and caution ike democracy of this great State
against listening to the misrepresentation of the coons
Tho Albany Argus, the celebrated organ of De
mocracy in New York.snys-*-
“The Whigs dare notprssent their leader (Mr. Clay) in the
position which he haspluced himself, in hie recent avowals
of opi .ion on the tariff. They know that he and Gov. Polk
occupy the suoift ground oiithis subject—and all their efforts
to conceal the fact,by garbling sad falsifying language, will
only serve to fasten it more firmly in the minds of those ou
whom it was designed to operate—and to increase distrust oj
the cause and the partisan, whose chief reliance is thus
SHEWN TO BE FRAUD AND IMPOSITION.”
The Age, a loading democratic paper in Maine,
says—
“Col. Polk is opposed to a “protective tariff.” properly so
called; thut is to sty, to a tariff for protection merely and
widmut refen nee to revetiue, Hois in favor of a ivveuue
tariff with incidental protection. This is ail right, and it is
PRECISELY THE GROUND TAKEN BY M R. CLAY. Oil ft of the
most important objections taken by the dwmoci’scy to the tar
iff of 1842, in (hat many of its duiiea upon the raw products of
'griculture are too low and ought to be raised.”
Tlta Troy Budget insists upon it, that tho lettor
of Mr. Polk affords iuconteslible evidence that he
is in favor of Protection.
In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a call fur a Locofoco
mass meeting is addressed lo “all the friends of the
Tariff," who are exhorted lo support James K. Folk,
unless they wish the act of ’42 repealed.
A Mr. Melville, an itinerant Locofoco urator. is
engaged ill an electioneering expedition in the
Stuie of New York, expressly to mnlto llte people
believe that Mr. Polk is “a warmer protection man
than Mr. Clay.”
At a Democratic convention in Now Jrrsny, the
President, the Hon. Multlon Dickerson, avowed
himself u tariff man, in favor of the loriffof 1842.
Attliesumc meeting, llte lion. Benjamin Wil
liamson told Itis democratic friends, that “the views
of Mr. Clny and Mr 1 Polk as ton protective tariff*
were identical.”
A r«w days since the Hon. Silas Wright of Nt?.\v
York, mada a speech in which he declared that the
Only ground uf objection he had to tiie turiffoi 1842,
was its duties on wool, &c, were too low. Now Mr.
Junes, this is the gamo you are playing at th e North.
The pcoplo aro beginning losec it, nnd sonne of the
Soutlt Carolina democrats are beginning t.o speak
out. They openly denounce Mr. Polkas having
changed in favor of a protective tariff, or.id aa be-
ing as obnoxious as Mr. Clay could be. The Hun.
Mr. Rliett on the 5tb inst. at Orangeb.urg thus
speaks of tho whole party—
“ The Democratic party can no longer be looked to for tup-
port. Nothing is la Ij. hoped from the Presideati.I elections
Mr. Polk h*salrk*i>t been trimhiho his sail, toss to
CATCH THE BREATH OE BOTH NORTH ANU SOUTH.”
The Charleston Mercury says—
“Tiie federal eiecutive enn reverse neither their opinion
ir their policy. But even if they could, Mes.rs. Clav s nd
FRELiNnHUT.EN.ir successful in the pending contest, wotjid
not redress our wrongs, being both avowed Tariff men, nor
have wen right to count upon a jot more of redress from the
Bocce.e oi'our own candidates,—both of whom voted fo r the
Force Bill, one of whom, Mr. Dallas, is an avowed Protec
tive Tariff man—and the other, Mr. Polk, though came.iitted
and believed true to us and our anti protection principles up
to tiie lime of hie nomination, has since gone ov er to toe ene
my, end occupies the Bame po.iliou with the Wbigs.”
Again— ,
“The Argue, the leading Democratic organ nf New York,
declare, by virtuo of this letter, which Silas- Wright's ue in
advance, thut ‘on the Tariff Messrs. Patti arui Clay occupy
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laity Nil# from iht l«CsUtion
rails party prsssntsd forth* con-
[>parsutly so staunch Bn aspect
tfittft might ami should tov
liras to Bspscr
of Cong rasa ■ hot ths Domoerstia
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goodly sod
lii* party hv a ductile and oiljf facility ! Am.
s that the mas* of his ' supporter* wil
the same platform.' Agreeing with the A rgus, we 'disclaim
all hope of relief from Tariff oppression through the agency
Mr. Polk,und we would despise oursrlwea as hypocrites,
did we pretend to hope for it from him.”
Speaking of Mr. Polk the same p aper says—
“lie hns not waited to feel might beforeh e forgets right,bur
ithout tho grace of coy delay, nbnudon* us nnd the Consli
tution before Imnd. and rushes with hot hast e into the corrupt
embraces ol oppression. If such things are* done in the green
tree, for the mete temptation of s chance of' office, what per-
sistancu and progress in subserviency to the plundering ms
s —may not be looked for if he succerdttin the canvass
comes surrounded bv the yet stronger temptations to
sinoolh the morse uf his administration and
cendancy
what prospects is there I
present to their Southern lieges nny lest fleg tide* or moie un
compromising candidate lor our suffruge* lnuryesirs hence **
None whatever.**
Hut we cannot help it,and will scarce regrut it, if Carolim
by the redemption of her pledge* and the constitution, *hal
“embarrass” Mr. Polk in hi* electioneering negotiations will
her oppressor*. Can he complain of the unk-indneso, when h<
made no scruple ot first embarrassing her,by going over t<
the protectionist* offer she had hailed his nomination as ths
* Free Trade man f She cannot conaent <to be shorn ofhei
ciples, that she might he shaped into a loss inconvenient
, . lie may think her iinpracticable.but ha* he not embar-
raised her by confounding all her calculation* ou hi* political
fidelity t
Ag'iin, tho South Carolina organ a uys—
Shall we wait until it auita the Northern and other Tar\i
Democrats,to cease playing the hypocrite nt Baltimore and
the traitor at Washington T Shall* we I- ok for relief through
Congress at the hand* oftlie Democratic partyT A bars
enumeration of their act* will settle this question.
They assisted to pass the Tariff of 1824.
They passed the act of 1828.
They voted for the Force Bill.
They helped the Whigs, both in House and Senate, in the
base violation and overthrow of the Comprotr a*e act of 1833.
They voted for the present Black Tariff of 1342.
And ut the late session of Congress, witk a Democratic
niftjority of two-thirds in the House, they o’Berth re w a hill,
which, retaining the principle of protection, p reposed merely
the modifying and partial equalising of the oitioua exactions
of the Tariff.
Is the South—is Carolina content to be c ijoted time and
again by professions, when a President is to be nominated,
and the brunt of a party battle to be borne—a nd in the end to
be uniformly Van Ourenized and Silas Wrig toed by s Tariff
vote as the guerdon of her toils T Does she e.xpeet an \ thing
else now, in case of the success of the same m en aud the ele
vation of Air. Folk 7 This gentleman, (even before he is
strengthened to betray by the secure posseesio a af.pswer, but
has the prospect merely,) within two little months from his
nomination, which ue accepted as that of a five.trade man,
boldly electioneers upon the very ground of the Syracuse
Resolution, for which we denounced Mr. Van Bures, and is
tauiitingly proclaimed hy the Albany Argus,« Democratic
press, as occupying upon the Tariff identical ground with
Henry Clay !! Tins blow is the more fatal, bet tause dealt by
a Southern hand; it encourages our treacherous aUies in
their treachery, by telling them that a Southern . Democratic
or this qaestlon, and after their tsrrihfs defeat thdy seemed so
dooply convinced that they coold hops for popular sscendnn-
cy only by an aarnastdatotlon to principle' that wa were ta-
kso in completely—ws thought they meant something, *nd if
rahsed to power, would do something. What did we see thru?
Alas, for our foolish credulity! Democrats gave tbs casting
voles, in tbs House and lha Sena to, for tbs infamous Tariff of
18421 Yet they gave such plausible excuses for it—they
spoke so well against tariff oppression, and in favor of unfet
tered commerce, and promised so explicitly to wags war to
the death with a system which for certain exigent present cou
■(derations they (ell compelled to assent to, that even then,
though nil our doubts were rous«d { we still felt bound to• check
the expression of them, and wait for that test to which they
invited us. What did we next seeT A House of Represen
tatives, composed of two-thirds Democrats, commencing its
labors by rejecting in quick succession three resolutions pro
posing lo revise the tariff of *42 on Revenue principles—und
closing hy laying on tho table a bill that want only pert of the
way to ths reliefof the country from the restrictive system1
We have learned since the adjournment, front authentic
sources, that if a direct vote had been taken on the passage of
Mr. McKay’s Bill, teu more Democrats wercnrcpsrsd to sus-
fain the present atrocious tariff! 8o much for hoping. For
our part wa shall hops no more Iron) the legislation of Con
gress.”
Here, Mr. Janes, is a picture of your own party
drawn by themselves. Can you ask us to vole fur
you with the hope of modifying or reducing the
tnriin You promised to reduce it last session and
did not—so was it in Georgia ia 1841, with the-
Stute tax. You said it was oppressive, and would
if fleeted to power repeal it. Your party failed t«»
do it. They asked to be re elected, mid assured
us that then they would reduce il—and how did
they act? Why put 25 percent more tax ou.
And so will it be with the tarifi’, should we be so
unwise as to elect you to Congress; we need ixpect
nothing less, than tlmt you will vote for another
increase of 25 per cent. Your party in Georgia
seem tohnve no settled views on the tariff. In 1842
u convention assembled at Miiledgcville, said one
tiling, and in 1843, said the very reverse :—which
are we to believe ?
In 1842 they said—
“ We can see no middle ground between an open avowal and
Ivlal repudiation of the protective policy. Incidental pi otec
tion is positive favoritism.”
In 1843 they said— •
“ To support our General Government,duties upon imports
are properly regarded an the most equitable, and the least bur
densome mode by which taxes may bn imposed. It is indi
rect taxation, and,*/]judiciously laid, falls with equal force on
all classes of the community. And we may add, thata Tariff
thus constituted, necessarily atfords incidental protkc
TION TO THE GREAT MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF THE
country. To such a Tariff re have no objection, and have
an abiding confidence, if the Ciouth is but true to herself, that
the Tariff will be so adjusted as to produce a revenue neces
sary for an economical administration ofthe Government, and
at the same time by its permanency give the only protection
>1ly be given to the manufacturers of
On the subject of the annexation of Texas, you
parly is likewise double-faced—having one sot of
opinions for the North, and a different set at the
South. You tell us here, that we must have Tex
ns to secure our slave property ; and at the North
its annexation is advocated to extinguish slave
ry !!! And while you are urging us, to go for
your party, to obtain Texns, at the North, you are
refusing to elect any man to Congress who is in
favor of it !! ! Here is a circular from the leading
men of your party in New York—
[confidential.]
Sir—You will doubtless scree with us, that the late Bal
timore Convention placed the Democratic Party at the North,
a position of great difficulty. We are consequently re-
nded that it rejected Mr. Van Buren and nominated Mr.
Polk, for reasons connected with the immediate annexation of
Texas; reasons which had no relation to the principlesofthe
party. Nor was that all. The Convention went beyond the
authority delegated to its members, and adopted a resolution
on the subject of Texas, (a subject not before the country
when they were elected,upon which therefore, they were not
instructed,{which seeks to interpolate into the party codea new
doctrine, hitherto unknown among us, at war with some of
our established principles, and abhorrent to the opini >ns and
feelings of a great majority ol Northern freemen. In this po
sition, what was the party at the North to do 7 Was it to re
ject the nominations and abandon the contest, or should it
support the nominations, rejecting the untenable doctrine in
terpolated at the Convention, and taking care that thsirsupport
should be accompanied with auch an expression of their opin
ion, as to prevent its being misinterpreted 7 The latter
alternative has been preferred, and we think wisely ; for we
conceive that a proper expression of their opiuions will save
their votes from misconstruction, and that proper efforts will
secure the nomination of auch members ot Congress as will
reject the unwarrantable scheme now pressed upon the coun-
try.
"With these views, assuming that you feel on this subject
as we do, we have been desired to address you, and to invite
the co-operation of youreelfand other frienda throughout the
Staje—
1st—In the publication of a joint letter, declaring our pur
pose to support the nomination, rejecting the resolutions res-
- Texas.
promoting and supporting at the next election* the
nomination for Congress of such persons as concur in these
opinions.
If your views in this matter coincide with ours, please write
to some one of us, and a draft of the proposod letter will be
forwarded for examination.
Very Respectfully,
GEO. P. BARKER,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT,
J. W. EDMONDS.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD,
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
THOMAS W TUCKER,
ISAAC TOWNSEND.
P. 8.—A copy of this letter has been sent to the following
[entiemen—Michael Hoffman, Albert H. Tracy, Hiratn Gar-
liner, Addison Gardiner, Samuel Selden,Henry Selden, AhIi
ley Sampson, J. Osborn, llirsm Grays Jared N. Wilson, James
M. 8mitn, Thoa. G. Talcot, William Allen, Freeborn Jewett,
Daniel Chandler. Hiram Denio. John Tracy, Jabex D. Ham
tnond, John I. De Graff, N. L. Benton, Preston King, Ransom
Uillet, Samuel Young, L. Stetson, James D. Spencer, David
L. Seymour, David fiuel, Hermanns Blecker, A. C. Flagg,
Robert McLrllan, R. D. Davis, James Powers, Archibald Ni
ven, Nathaniel Jones, John W. Lawrence—and will be sent to
toy other person you may wish.”
The “Poll,” the leading paper of your parly in
that State, says—
“ IVe do not intend to recognize the annexatisn of Texas as
an issue between the two great political parties. It cannot be
made so with safety to the democratic party in this State at least.
It is only by taking the ground marked out in the letter, adopt
ing the nomination of Polk and Dallus,btit rejecting the in
terpolated question of annexing Texas, and leaving that to
be an open question in the party—it ia thus only that the
democratic party can be saved from defeat throughout the
State.”
The Post quotes a letter from one of the wottern
counties, which uiyr :
“Already in this county, tnenofcharncterand influence, who
have always acted with us hitherto, have avowed their deter
mination to abandon Mr. Polk and vote for Mr. Rirney, or elae
refrain from voting at all, while a deep sense of dissstiafac-
tion with the course of the Baltimoro Convention pervades
the minds of many. These are not your brawling pot-house
politicians, but quiet and reflecting men who are accustomed
.. ...s-u . g, • •
ft ihT'Jsy^ »bM<M Su^oppAluti'l^ft. fttassstio*
purToiTuieru l>.l,ur.Tyler«li.“«>-ili» "tllioullhe
’’ituV.'i'a ^.“ouRh'tuISeltbsOfthisque.tlenjmtl
milled at the outset to men of miod large enough to take In all
the interest* of this great nation, Mexico woul Jhuvo been ssl*
!-fted Te auI!X!n Sf slavery .Voided, and Texas annexed
with honor and satisfaction to the entire people. Hut for our
M aine and misfortune the matter/cl .mo the hands of a frw
hMiiAiii r razv on tlias«bkct of ‘‘domestic itiHlitiilions as
u"‘!,.dde.t .“ liiianl... in the Uuion-m.n wtto bchr.e ur
.licet to belters, tlmt the sloimun bouum of .' ,‘i! 1 . bl
freedom line in lire nu.»e.einf s few hundred elnree; sod by
there .tern holding fan.lic.wne the <I u «' 1 ' < i , ’ |
..ent auction ofexwn.ion of empire, dwnrfed into otic or to
farting the iolluence of tlmt parou-luti. institution which dc-
f.cc and di.er.ee our olh.rw.c glormu. country.
Thieubortion, rejected with contempt end disgust hy the
hole country,, few northern dcmoer.1. sre swaddling sail
nursing end trying torn.* into Inc.—Now we say it with
mere reference to the int.re.1. of the party, mtorr.tr, w Inch no
„j„ oat sou can overlook, that any northern democrat who
seek, tu identify the p.rty with llte exien.ion of.l.wry, .nd
inakethst lb. rallying quea^wn^a onljf fit for bedlam; no
:• saras
Aud ibptttefc Tens, hut
America. Tbue.tUi v..s.« uvsnulitw VZ
lliat watched dv*r Ito lending of lbs rmtgrsnts awT
at Jamestown and rtj mouth; fits* gnv« os the
struggle for iodApBurafredt that guided by ||i v
fratorrf of onf woadsvfel l/on*«ifutio«); ihni he* ( k ufc
served this gtcal Uubm from dangers so many iu jil
aud is row shielding il frost sbolilicn, its mo»t dsuteu^
interns far--*will pgen feats ass ssfety val*#. i—. "r*S
which i
disappear
and ooutlierti i
not pRSR; m*t only tocanss it is forl>idd«ti
ths colored races there pr» pooderste in the t
over the uhitce \ sad liutdisg ssthey do, (hr U.,ve fB w^ -j
most of the offices In their or a pu*re»nfoii, they
willow-pliant Berrien. It tells them
eerily stud spirit of his ftoitthern adherents iu suah ■light es
teem, that he makes no scruple to conciliate T.oriff support,
- y making sacrifice of his own and their principles sf the
urine of the Pennsylvania mammon, on the, to ius flattering
calculation that Northern Tariff Democrats are s o much snore
firm in (lieconvictions than we in ours, that wh Ue Uiey can
be gained to aupport ■ Southern Democrat only by his apos-
tacy from Southern principles, there is no fear of such epos-
tacy alienating us. But we are anticipating the consideration
of the next ground of hope, and will cauclude this bend by
saving that a* to the Tariff, there is si the North little if any
difference between Whips end Democrats; that they Noth
combined at the late session,not onl v to sustain the block 'Pa-
riff. but to re-establish its Siamese Twin, the system of Inter
nal Improvements—and that he must to s blind dupe indeed
who hopes for justice from either. Besides, there is every
probability that the Democrats will be no stronger in the ne it,
than in the present Congress.”
Hear tit. additional testimony of your own pa.r.
ty about Mr. Polk, the tariff, and the confidence to
be reposed in the Democratic party—il i* from k
South Carolina Domncratio paper.
“The Pre.iukiti.l C.bdio.tki—The Taeirro—TIi*
reader, cf the Merrury cannot fctl tu have Man that our in-
tarsal in ths 1‘reeidenilal else lion reala on other ground, than
any hop. of a sohwiary and fair eeltlement of lha tanflTqusa.
tion by the Democratic partv.should they triumph. Ilia pro
per that we should givo plain rseaoa. for an opinion that may
abock good oatured people, apt to hr liars what they wiab.
Obeerve, than,that the progress of Tariff Taxation has
been uniformly upward, from lha commencement of tho Got-
erameat to tbl, day.ufM a tisgls sxcsptism. All the triumphs
of <11 th.fr*. IT.d. man in IBs country—ell the signal over
throw. uf Federalism sad monopoly—hava ended somehow in
t iacr.aiia, tba datiet on imports. We her. made lha tanff
•Pv«nicn l ifsiiio*t d
interna foe-will ope.To»e« "»a aefclv valve .iato.J.JS
.livery will.lowly end gradually ircfdrTVT*"
ear into the bouadl,,. region, nl Mexico
luthern America. Beyond the Dal Norte .!?_ '“M
--i- i——— - .. r—i.i.ij. - . _ .a
greater political insanity can bo imagined
ia on old, decrepit, worn out .........
young democracy, to it. tieroic youth,itifle in ar
dent nature by ro unnnturul.u alljence 1 Where slavery anil
.lave loiirc.enlatnin exist under tho constitution, let them ea-
„• I, !, the bargain—il i. the bond. Hut lo extend three
>,la to another portion of the western lieniiephere, and, above
II n make this the rutty ing cry of the party, i. evidently eui-
C 'Tli'oae eegacious gentlemen, therefore, who undertake to
denounce such deinm-ra’S as are content with the old issue.
abelracliolii.te, dec., are acting with perliap. lea. leneo
than they may imagine.
i minis people numee have weight. Hr. Van Huron,
right,Hr. Benton, to ety nothing ofthe m.ny promi
nent democrat, in this ritate, havo declared their irreconcilea-
bio hostility to the Texas rcheme, urged on the new ground
of slavery and for tho benefit of slavery.
I. it to tie slippered that Iheie genllein-ii ore all to come In
the right-about race, be, an.e. a few men in Baltimore «ee fit
tu tiara o resolution in regard to which they received no man
date from tiie pcoplo t— If the democratic party tin. such
ahiiily tu “jump about etui turn about," os they would im
ply, not ,1lr. folk but Jim Crow should have been uur candi
date.
If it will not be intruding tuo mucli upon your at-
tenlion, I beg leave lo ask it to the following opin
ion from the Hon, Silas Wright, of N. Y. In a
roccut speech lie declared that the annexation of
Texas, was desirable to “secure the ultimate extinc.
lion of slavery,by mooing it further South."
One of your leading papers, the Waytte Senti-
nei, says :
“If Mr. Benton’s plan (or Annexation is adopted, (mid this
plan it the only one supported by the Democratic party,) we
make it a condition ot Annexation that but one slave Btvle be
erected from Texas, and that Slavery be prohibited in Ihe rest
uf that Tc ritury,ee il is admitted into the Union aa States.
Here, it will be Been. i. a epecial prohibition against Slavery
in other then one Slate, while there will then be enough of tho
Territory left It- make jour more Stale., which mu«t of course
ite free States."
But l will call your niientiun to sentiments nf
Hon. Mr. Wilkins, Secretary at War, Hon. C. J.
Ittgersoll, and Hon. Mr. Walker, all Northern men
by birth, and ardent friends of annexation, see bow
they regard the measure, and let every honest man
after he has read what they say, determine, whe
ther they support annexation to sustain the institu
tion of slavery 7
Mr. Wilkins, the present Secretary of War,
holds the following lunguage, in his address to his
former constituents;
"The division between the planting and farming dialrictaia
llte rail, a; tuTSl
, the Oi.vetawJJJ
.. . —- - -r , -lltlll, tllKV 8tj|
permit ll» enslavement of any portiun ol the colJrlj"*?!
which make, and axceutt. the lavra ofthe count,, T
Now Mr. Janes, I would nek you to read ih 0 tl
lowing extract from another i.fynur papers,
I continent on what 1 Itave hero given j
[enow THE AUCOrTA (HE.) AUK J
“TEX*. US THE BLATKKt tdtKSTIQK —P i- .... _
ufTexn. cannot poisibly iscrka.k .lavery. TU lS*
Government may here had the ds.ign of sbidisbhi. Jt/R
them, hut according to the heel evidence, eineri.i.i ..'’“J
••go no longer. And what ia of mure «oa«eq„ener ITS
sign can never lie earned mil, » briber f tilt,tamed, er
liul iu fact, tire admission of Texas will urn,.,,, j.
because— "“W»
1,1. The whole of It le now a stave rauatry ,.j a. ■'
.very prospect that if admitted into the Duma »(eere.i!5?
prohibited in a targe part of it, probably one l,n/eZz.n
2d. If admitted into the Union no clave. winU,*
into il front Cuba, Africa, nr any other foreign D | 1 ,T? , "N
importation bring contrary lo ourlawa. AuelalrE?|AS*
thut auch importation ia row equally against llnlawM/fi*
s. itself,v et it is quite well known that thole l.w.
forced, aud we have as aeanrance that they «i|| Jf**'
•oon repealed. Pecuniary ietereet temple .trestle
repeal,and already prompts to their infraction* Tk,
own laws will remain as they are, we havea eeriihl, ■
tee in tin v. ell-settled public opinion of oor countrr '
And nut only will llte admission ef TexssuiE,.;.'.
but it opens a doortojits ultimate nnd peaceful Ex-nacybaE^
If our slave puptiletiim wae transferred to Tens ii
drain eff Into these fine countries, by manumission ■J*"
cape, and finally disappear by diffusion. " ■« rs-
The more tins matter is considered, the more sin—i ,
commends itself In the approbation of reflecting oiisdt “
It may be ubjecled that after slavery hosadnucji.. •
as, it will atilt advance until it haa covered Mexi-’il't
This objection will not hear examination. The rrrti.it
ing preponderance of ihe colored race iu M, z in,
ly arrest slavery at the Rio del Korte. • ’
"Thoao enslaved Africans era our fellow bcin.. r-i.,. ■
hy the sains Divine hand, aud endowed with bodic*
likeourown. Our own immediate New England,!!
were concerned io bringing them Iters ia cepti,i,.
ceil right Ihe wrong, we ought cheerlully to do it
sect the. policy of our government so as to benrfinii,.
ought to embrace the opportunity with promptness and gla2
“Such an opportunity we now hare, and mas arewi_
again. By annexing Texas wo confer iuc,lculab|7h«J2
upon this unfortunate people. We open a door kr»I3
they, or their descendants,can salelv obtain tbs - *■
J ittgx end comforts which ws ourselVss enjoy. 8lraH w***
embrace il 7 Docs not philanthrope in this en« .“.7IS
enough to be heard even umid all the din ol politics P> ""
Hero nre llte sentiments of one of your Northm
Texas brethren on tiie subject of slavery—whit*
ceivedn largit number of voles in your Coitvc*.
tion for Vico President. He was your receslGg,
rernor of Massachusetts.
Extract from a letter from Marcus Morton lo Moru. us.
Hept. 2B, 1837.
I deem slavery to ha the greatest curse, and the mau .1
lemouseyil which a righteooo God ever infiictcd ut.os.l
tion ; and that ov-ry effort, consistent with moral rlstrad
ths Constitution nnd the laws oi lha Union, ought to
to mitigate, and if possible, to extirpate il from the loud
That Congress bos the control ol llte whole subrnt wIiM,
ths District of Colutnbio, I entertain no doubt. 7*1*2!
fcodroves of human beings, manacled and chained Istv
driven like cattle by a drover, under the walls oFthe Cu
in which were assembled ths Representatives et • smk
nroudand boastful ofllmir liberty. Can such tltiouWaZ
'-red to continue wjthnut bringing duwn upon our ‘siiu
Deity f ^
to think and act independently. Such a letter as that recom
mended in your circular, would be calculated not only to
E revent the testing of alienstinu and disgust from extending,
ut would, perhnps, bring bock loirs, if norall of those who,
under the influence of a temporary exasperation, hare for Ihe
present left our racks.”
Here is another document to tiie same purpose ;
it is a call for a public meeting :
“The Democratic Republicausof Monroa county who are
opposed to the “two thirds rule” adopted by the National
Convsntion, by which a minority or-- suabled lo dictate to a
majority of Ihe party ; all llruae who believe in a strict coo*
•truclion of tire conetilutien, and are opposed to tiie exercise
of doubtful powers, xnd who agree with Jefferson that the
Constitution doe. not provide for lire annex.lion of foreigu
territory lo this Union; Ihns. who are opposed to the assump
tion uf Bute debts, end of the debts of foreign nations : and
who are unwilling that lit. exte.sion and perpetuation ol
•lavery should be made part and parcel of the creed of De
mocracy..re invited to lueet el the Court House, in Ihe eily
of Rochester, on Saturday, August 3,1843, at 10 u'rluck, A.
M.
I again quote the Post in reference to the above
notice :
“Tin* call ia ai^ned by ninety four ofthe democrat* of Mon-
ro*—* atrong indication of the state of feeling tn that region.
We look uot without anxiety to the result of the meeting,
for unless those who are concerned in getting it up can see some
wav of giving their support to the Democratic nominations
without surrendering their integrity oa the Texas question,
they will not go to the polls at the approaching election. The
only method ia the one pointed out in the circular wa have
published, rescinding the Texas issue and resting the support
ofthe Democratic nominations solely upon the safe and inex
pugnable ground of those great principles of public policy
which have heretofore formed the Democratic creed. Unless
some such rallying ground, some such point of Union and
agreement is presented to the Democratic party, we are brn-
ken up and defeated without remedy. Those who resist this
coinpiomiae and insist upon stuffing the measure of annexa
tion down the throats of ins party, sre the enemies and betray
ers of the very cause they pretend to support. The feeling to
which we allude ia not confined to the two ennnties we have
naniedtbuf is diffused deeply andbiosdly through the whole
interior, and cannot be disregarded without incurring deatruc
tion to the party.”
But I ask leave to call your attention to another
extract from the tame paper,
"Thao.—'The Texas Junto, which daairaa to gat the Dem
ocratic party into ita keeping, apply aundrv phrases to
thosa who oppose this precious project, the truth of which it
may not to uaelaaa to axamina. They are tanned abstraction
ists, federalists, abolitionists, and British emissaries. Now we
propose loaaa who the gentleman thus complimented are, and
how far they deserve it.
In tha first place, it ia worth while lo notice, that the whole
yenorance of an offended Deity
In relation to the admission of new State* with psvtra
bold slave*,! need do no more than refer to my recorded*^
against the Admission <f Missouri with this power. ThsfS
j position, which it required some firmness to perstvsnii
marked by the beat natural boundaries, and no edict ol man I 'Zr'filtflueUcTand'‘eJtrolrii'na^'rjfbru SumIm'SES
can Chance ,t. 1 here re netther necessity nor excuse for ex- j ou', „|,o w „ .apposed by eonr?to have re.mled t' ritS
dinary mean* to accomplish hi* purpose.—Marcus MssU
“Now for Mr. Robert Rantoul.Jr. He says in si
writ ten about the same time that Morion wrote ihe forrei
“ Slavery ought not to exist in the District of CalvmMfH
long salt exists there,it will eudaager tha axistencs sfto
Union.”
Now. Mr. Janas, you and your pany pres* on m
ihe election of Mr. Polk, to secure Texas, and it
•trengclten slavery at the South. If you sre right,
why do your Northern friend* support il becsuM
it w il) extinguish slavery ? Explain thin, if you auk
Your Northern friends say we shall have buio_,
hlaie—and the North Jour free Slates! and while
of lbs most oidisary pretensions.
> ngger
ige it. There is neither necessity
tending slave labor beyond the alluvial districts bordsring on
the Gulf aud the lower Red river, nor ean iVeverbe soexter.d
ed by law. The rich land* of this region, running three de
grees further south than the best sugar fend* of Louisiana,
must always be settled, ifennexed,by a population whose in
terests wilibe American.
'‘This section of Texas, which must chiefly be a sugar-
growing region, and therefore identified with thet portion of
Louisiana now engaged in the same culture, will unite in aup-
porting the great principle of extending full and adequate
protection to American products and industry. Sugar is a
crop which must always look to the home market for the sur
est *ale and most certain return. We shall tliun gain in the
Southwest a powerful accession of strength upon that great
question which so deeply involvesi the interest* of your dis
trict. I candidly believe that it will not be long before a ma
jority oftlie people at the South, when their labor is thu* di- ,
vened into many different channels, will become convinced j aome give Ut more and Olliers lets Slates, VOW
duMtry B ." l 'rlli8 0 wi t |fnot^onU^e'm'porran^a^d’dBcTa^vi!?" fa-
vor of such a policy, but will he eminently cumulated to har
monize and perpetuate our institutions—a result to be hailed
with gladness by every patriotic breast.
"I am no advocate of slavery, nor would I see it introduced
into onn region unless 1 were at the same time assured that
il would withdraw it from another, and that without increasing
it in the aggregate. The annexation of Texas must soon be
followed by the voluntary abolition of the institution of slave*
ry in our neighboring States, Yirginia, Maryland and Dela
ware ; and also, indeed,in Kentucky and Missouri. Wa can
nil truly rejoice in its withdrawal from our owo immediate vi
cinity. I Hin satisfied that the tost Interests of that claaa of
our fellow-beings, originally brought to and forced on these
States hy Britinh rapacity and injustice, end who must al
ways be a marked and distinct race aa long aa they abide
among our own people,will behest consumed by securing the
only outlet, the only hope which haa ever presented itselffor
their acquiring an independent home, or attaining a position
elevated and equal to the people amidst whom they dwell.
Such a refuge ia offered beyond the Rio Bravo, among the
Mexicali and South American nationa, who have no prejudice
either to caste or color.”
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, auoiher leading advocate
of the measure, thus speaks on this branch of the
question :
“Angry protests against Texas, elicited by mhrapresenta-
tion. irtnued nt VV ashing ton, predicate slavery as the abhorrent
evil to he increasftd by annexation—assuming the egregioualy
false position that more and aggravated slavery is to follow
that event. Rut three-fourths of that fine region are upland
with soil and climute adapted lo agricultural and pasturage,
whore cotton and sugar will not thrive,and slave labor cannot
he employed profitably. Three States without slaves, and
only one with them, can he formed there; and auch, yonr
committee understand,is the wish ofthe present inhabitants
of Texas. Slavery, forbid by nature, may be interdicted by
organic law there ; and the annexation, instead of iucreasing
t hr power or representatives of slavery iu the Uuiou, will,on
the contrary t certainly and greatly diminish their relative
weight. *1 lie Statt s of Louisiana. Alabama, Georgia, Caroli
na. Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee, may suf
fer hy depreciation of their lands and other property. Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Kentucky, tho Carolina*, and Tenneasee, if
not all the slaveholding Stntee, will have their alavea drawn
off to the fresher and more fruitful plantations of Southern
Texas. In a few years many of them must become free
States, and thus Texas prove the mesne of uniting a large
portion of the present alaveholding part* of the Union in in
terest, sentiments, and action, with the North and West,
where slavery ie unknown and disliked.
“The most important exportable product of the United
.Stales, the regulator of theiz exchanges and boud of Union-
cotton—cannot be profitahlycultivated without slaves; nor can
sugar or rico. Yet looking forward to the providential era
when slavery may exist no longer in parts ofthe Uuiled Stales,
|o the dimuniiion of its need, and ultimate exliuction,Texas
is the only land of proiuiae, where philanthropists, who are
not zealots, can descry the theatre of that consummation.
Mexico has no slaves, because her population, of the white,
black, and red races, ie blended. In her neighborhood, and
near, if not with her people, the colored inhabitants of tliia
country may he united eventually in national numbers with
the Htrcngih, the charsefer, and ibe institutions ofau iudeneu-
dent people. That national combination maybe acromplish-
ed without revolution or commotion. An African nation may
aiise,thedescftcdauts of Moorish,other African,and Indian pro
genitors, with the improvements of free Govrrriir.ents engraft
ed in their sovereignty Instead of eternizing slavery, calm
consideration of its connexion with the United States encour-
Hges the hope ihu it insy end io Texas—peacefully and
gratefully disappear there. Liberia, Canada. Hayti.abolition
ol sluvery in ihe slaveholding States, even gradual emancipa
tion in the free Stoles, all schemes of either uniting whiles
with blacks, or separating them in the same communities, with
out the degradation of the blacks, often worse than their bond
age, have proved abortive. The vision of slavery’s euthana-
sy hy iia allocation to the southern parts of Texas and bor
ders of Mexico may be a delusion. But it promise* more to
rational humnnity than any oilier project yet suggested. At
all events, the annexation of Texas cannot hut fend to dimm
ish the alleged evils and powers of alaveholding.”
“ADMITTING TEXAS SECURES THE F-ITIRCTIOR OF SLAVERY.
“ !■ “lavery, then, never to disappear from the Union l It
confined within its present limits, f do not perceive when or
how il is io terminate. It is true, Mr. George Tucker, the
distinguished Virginian, and professor in their great univrrsi-
ly, has demonstrated that, in a period not exceediag eighty
years, end probably less, from the density ofp«>pulution in all
the alateholding Stoles, hired labor would be as abundaui and
cheap a« slave labor, and that all pecuniary motive for the
continuance of elavery would then have ceased. But would
it, therefore, ilien disappear 7 No, it certainly would not;
for, at the lowest ratio, me slaves would then number at
least ten millions. Could such a muss be emancipated 7 And
if so, w jint would be tha result 7 W«* have seen, by the cen-
ma-sixtb of the free blacks must toi
inense; and that, at lha low rata o
supported at
$'»0 each, it
r proof.ihnt
the public <
by taxation to aupport llte free blacks, tben in ilia tfoulli, re
quiriug support, namely, 1,666,806, if manumission were per
mitted; but as surb u lax could not be collected, emancipa
tion would ba. aa it now in,prohibited by Imw, and slavery could
not disappear in this maimer, even alien it became unprofita
ble. No, fen millions of free blacks permitted to roam at large
in tha limits of ihr South could never to ((iterated. Again,
then, thy question is asked, Is slavery never to disappear from
the Union? This is a startling ami momentous queatma;
but the answer is easy, and tha proof ia clear. It trill err-
tainlji disappear if Texas is annexed to ihe Union ; not by
abolition, but anmst and ie anil* of ail its pkreuay, aiowly
* i diffusion, tail baa already tbua nearly re
ceded from several of the more northern of lha elavebofdiag
Ststai.aad aa il will continue thus mure rapidly to recede by
•lavery ! Not a man advocates it to strengthl
slavery—how then can you unite with men in
ing a thing which they declare defeats the objralf
you have in view ? we begin to discover the trick!
some one has to be cheated in this mui;cr t ind u
we of the South are the weakest,it wilibe iwjf
apt to fall on us. Can we trust the democratic par*
ty on the slave question 1 You have tuld us tkll
we might; at the last session of Congress youkfli
a majority of two-thirds in the House of Repress*
tatives, and yet you repealed the RULE REJECT*
ING ABOLITION PETIT IONS, ly a majority if
20 VOTES !!!!! The Whigs had tho nisjorilf
in the previous Congress, and adopted the rule!-*
You have deceived us so often, that we never ItN*
when to tru.t you. You told us, if elected to tho
lt*t Congreat, you would reduce eipeniei—ill'
atead of that you increased them near ONE MIL
LION of dollar*!!!
Your own paper* announce lo us, that there it
no difference between tho Noilhcrn Whig! ui
Democrat, on the tariff—that the Democratic par
ly cannot be trusted ! that Mr. Polk haa betrayvM
the South ! then how can you ask any man Wig,
or Democrat to support your candidate lor tits Pi*-
aidency, or to giro env countenance to your party,
upon the Tariff, and Texes quest.ons 7
But sir, your parly ere only struggling for ;
er. Yuu hive no principles, end will not vssuill
to assert any. You appeal to prejudice lo lucent
—end relying upon that, and that alone, bops t»
reach office. But, you cannot deceive us.
know your ancient allies, the Adams fedelulisUAS
scorning alike their perfidy, and your decefMM*.
we shall reject you and them from our confidrtCli
and give our votes for those sterling republics*!
Henry Clay and Alexander H. Stephens.
Seventh Conorrssiojml Distuct.
Meeting ofthe Twiggs Clay Clab,
The Twiggs county Cley Club met on the 28*
inst., in Marion, nccor ling to adjournment- !**>
Wabk, President, in the Chair, H. K. PscfoS**-
retary.
Dr- J. E. Ddfkee addressed the meeting,
then offered llte following resolutions, which wtS
unanimously adopted:—
Resolvrd, That tho Whigs of Twiggs ceuetf
hereby tender to Washington Poe, Esq., ourcs*-
didale for Congress, and the II -it. C. B. SlW*V
our candidate for Elector, a Ptiuutc Dinn**, tot*
given at Jeffersonville, on Friday, the 13th d»y V
September,
Resolved, That, believing in frea and fair**?
cuaaiun, wo invite the Hon. A. H. ChaffeU-
the Hon. G. W. B. Towns, the Democratic can*?
dates for Congroas and Elector, lo attend aaid US’
ner.
Resolved, That tho President appoint a cot*
lee of five to invite puraona from other counties-.
Resolved, That Ihe Preaidant appoint a conn*-’
lee of twelve to superintend the preparation* W
the Baibecur, urranging Soata,Tables, itc.
Resoleed, That the ladies are all invited.
Committee of Invitation.
Dr. 1. E. Dupree, Dr. A. A. Cullies. Col- »•
Crocker, K. R. Slappy, and 11. K. Peck.
Committee of Arrangements.
Robt. Radford, Joaish Murphy, Hardy DiimJ
Ellis Long. Ktticldred Griffin, Amos Harris, »*•
H. Brazil, Isaiah Alaway, Wm. Methvin, JoM
Lowery, Owen S. McCoy and Stephen Jonas. ,
Ou motion of Rob’t Radford, the following*^
miitee wa* appointed lo superintend and ar***F
the Table for the Ladies. .
H. Radford, J. W. Wimberly, M- 8incle££
Wimberly, H. Wimberly, R. lladford J- C.WJ
an, V. Childers, J. W. A.bill, H. K- W 5
Carswell. H. 8lappy, B. Ware, A. MurchatajJ-
11. Junes, B. Sweeny, Wm. Crocker, R-
well, J. R. Coowrba, F. Lamb, L. C. D# 1 '-
Wood, J. H. Stnimt, A. Hugher, J. V, Cow**